Manicure with magnolias: step-by-step technology with photos

In spring, floral manicure is especially popular, because with the help of delicate shades and designs you can recreate on your nails exactly the spring that we imagine - bright, warm and sunny. Neat lines, airy petals, colorful leaves - and a manicure that sets a great mood is ready!

Since magnolias have already begun to bloom in different countries, including Ukraine, we suggest depicting these beautiful flowers on the nails of our clients. Our expert Ksenia Zhukovskaya demonstrates how to create a spring nail design in pastel pink shades step by step, what products and tools to use and what to pay attention to.

Ksenia Zhukovskaya , Nail Educator Euro Fashion Akademia Paznokcia, Nail Educator RaNails, judge NAILPRO Eastern Europe, instructor of the original “Bridget” uniform (acrylic and gel technology), TOP-10 NAILPRO EEu 2018, gold, silver, bronze medalist at Nailapalooza, NAILPRO EEu 2018 (Kiev)

Step 1. Prepare your nails for extensions in the standard way. Remove the gloss from the nail plate with a 240 grit file. We apply primer, base and model a thin base with gel. Place in a UV lamp for 1 minute.

Step 2. Apply camouflage gel to the entire nail in a “ballerina” shape. Dry in a UV lamp for 2 minutes. We press the arch at the moment of polymerization of the material. We remove the sticky layer and make sawing with 180 grit files in the “ballerina” shape. Remove dust with a brush.

Step 3. Using a simple pencil, outline future flowers.

Step 4. Using a brush, add white gel paint, pink gel paint on the tip of the brush and paint using the “smear” technique. We dry each petal in an LED lamp for 30 seconds so that the color does not fade.

Step 5. Step by step we draw each petal, picking up a new color of gel paint on a brush, and polymerize it in an LED lamp for 30 seconds.

Step 6. Using a thin brush, paint all the petals with dark red gel paint and dry in an LED lamp for 30 seconds.

Step 7. Using black and brown gel paint, draw the leaf stems and add a couple of light highlights. Dry in an LED lamp for 30 seconds.

Step 8. Dip a sponge into silver gel paint and stamp several small areas of the nail. Dry in an LED lamp for 30 seconds. Cover the entire nail with finishing gel and cure in an LED lamp for 30 seconds. Remove stickiness and apply oil to the cuticle.